Atomic power in space II : a history of space nuclear power and propulsion in the United States.
- vii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
"September 2015." "INL/EXT-15-34409." "Prepared by Idaho National Laboratory, Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Space Nuclear Power and Isotope Technologies Division."--Title page verso. Shipping list no.: 2016-0069-P.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index.
1. The Early Years -- 2. Galileo and Ulysses -- 3. Advanced Isotope Power Systems -- 4. Reactors Redux -- 5. The SP-100 Program -- 6. The Multimegawatt Program -- 7. Thermionics Revived -- 8. Nuclear Propulsion -- 9. The Prometheus Project -- 10. Infrastructure Inroads -- 11. Visiting Saturn -- 12. To Pluto and Beyond -- 13. Roving Mars -- 14. Into the Future
Nuclear rockets--History. Space vehicles--Nuclear power plants--History. Space vehicles--Isotopic power generators--History.